Last month a federal court ruled the New York state Department of Motor Vehicles had the right ban a Choose Life specialty plate. The DMV rejected the Children First Foundation’s plate back in 2002, saying it was the state’s “policy not to promote or display politically sensitive messages” on its license plates. The group has Read more
On Saturday June 27th a drone will fly packages of abortion pills from Frankfurt an der Oder in Germany to Słubice in Poland. Arriving at the Polish town of Slubice on Saturday, the drone aims to drop several packages of pills weighing under 5kg in total. The packets are to be received by women’s groups, Read more
Beards have long been a sign of manliness and strength. Throughout the centuries, men of great wisdom (see Socrates and Plato) have rocked the facial fur. But, beards are also a symbol of great holiness. Many a saint has donned the scruff throughout the history of the Church. Here are the top eleven, ranked for Read more
Motueka High School’s decision to ban puffer jackets is just the latest in a long list of examples of schools controversially waving their ban sticks. Inspired, we remember some other examples. Continue reading
What do you know about the Catholic Church? Give this quiz a shot and see what your Catholic Theological Knowledge Quotient (TKQ) Some time back the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life put out a quiz in which atheists did better than Christians in answering some basic questions. The reason atheists did better is they Read more
Shortly before the start of the mass at Sarajevo’s Olympic Stadium, when the Pope was visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina, the cross on his pastoral staff broke off. The master of papal ceremonies, Mgr. Guido Martini first tired to search for a replacement one but was unsuccessful given the tight schedule. The solution he came up with Read more
Drinking with the Saints: The Sinner’s Guide to a Holy Happy Hour is a best selling book by Michael P. Foley. He invites his readers to pub crawl their way through the sacred seasons with and useful collection of cocktail recipes, distilled spirits, beer, and wine for virtually every occasion on the Catholic liturgical calendar. Read more
For 98-year-old Sister Angela Rooney, it was one of the most jarring moves of her life. She always thought she would live out her days as she had for decades, in a convent under the time-honored Roman Catholic tradition of younger nuns dutifully caring for their older sisters. But with few young women choosing religious Read more
As the relics of Blessed Oscar Romero were brought out for veneration during his beatification Mass in San Salvador, the cloudy skies parted and a ring of light – known as a “solar halo” – appeared around the sun. “Honestly, I think this one of the most supernatural things I have ever experienced in my Read more
A young Alabama boy brought a group of Waffle House diners to tears when he asked his mother to buy dinner for a homeless man he saw outside – and then sang a blessing with him at the table. Ava Faulk said her son Josiah Duncan, 5, wouldn’t stop asking her questions when he spotted Read more